Location
Cocoa Beach, FL
Start Date
5-4-1965 8:00 AM
Description
An optical system has been designed to monitor the attitude of a missile during early launch phase. The system utilizes passive reflective components mounted on the missile to return a pair of laser beams transmitted from a ground station* The beams have their polarization state modulated by the reflective elements such that polarization is a function of missile attitude. The returned beams are oassed through a polarization analyzing system at the ground station and missile attitude computed from the measured polarization parameters.
Missile Attitude Sensing With Polarized Laser Beams
Cocoa Beach, FL
An optical system has been designed to monitor the attitude of a missile during early launch phase. The system utilizes passive reflective components mounted on the missile to return a pair of laser beams transmitted from a ground station* The beams have their polarization state modulated by the reflective elements such that polarization is a function of missile attitude. The returned beams are oassed through a polarization analyzing system at the ground station and missile attitude computed from the measured polarization parameters.
